Open Forum: Where Biology Meets Choice

January 20, 2026
18:30–19:45 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

Advances in DNA and RNA research are transforming medicine, preventing disease, enhancing therapies and extending human health. Yet as the power to alter genes grows, so do questions of equity, consent and what it means to be human. As the boundaries between therapy and enhancement blur, how do we decide what should and shouldn’t be edited?

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Speakers

DB
Daniel de Boer
Chief Executive Officer
ProQR Therapeutics
NE
Natalie Edwards
Global Shaper, Santiago Hub
Global Shapers
EM
Eva McLellan
Vice-President, Global Commercialization Strategy, Cardio-Renal-Metabolic
Roche
IT
Irene Tracey
Vice-Chancellor
University of Oxford

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